But they could log your DNS requests in their DNS resolvers. Some people like it, some people don't after all it is a closed source software.Īnyway, the free solution (just DNS, without client-side software) is great too. The software acts as a local VPN, so all traffic goes through it. In conclusion, Premium AdGuard = VPN (on mobile) and for Windows, AdGuard will modify your dns host (null route the IP). Please note there is no support for Linux desktops with this software (however they do have some love for Linux because a source code of Adguard Home is on Github). The software acts as a VPN connection on mobile, so you can't use a VPN at the same time. This is more like IP based, instead of DNS based. With Adguard premium you also get a licence to a client-side software (for Windows, Android, iOS, but no Linux or BSD) which blocks ads in a more advanced way by denying access for other applications to servers which have ads, including connections with SSL. With self-hosted you could have more flexibility on blacklists, but that's about it.

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